Life of the Party
A Study in Sociability, Community, and Social Inequality
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2012
- Category
- General, General, Social Classes, Gender Studies
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781771130349
- Publish Date
- Sep 2012
- List Price
- $18.95
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Description
From a family birthday celebration to football and NASCAR tailgates to the political protests of disenfranchised citizens, Life of the Party explores some of the social inequalities–class, race, and gender–that permeate the party atmosphere. Social unrest and dissatisfaction, as well as our continuous search for sociability and community, play an important part in the life of the party and illustrate the complicated interplay between social stability and social change.
About the author
Randle W. Nelsen has taught sociology in Canada and the United States for fifty years. He has written extensively on higher education, professionalism and bureaucratic work, and popular culture. He is the author of Fun & Games & Higher Education: The Lonely Crowd Revisited and Life of the Party: A Study in Sociability, Community, and Social Inequality.
